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To: Williams

THe problem as speed approaches the speed of light is that if you hit something the size of a grain of rice it is the equivalent of a small nuclear bomb.


16 posted on 10/03/2012 4:18:32 PM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

... hence the deflector shields...


23 posted on 10/03/2012 4:26:12 PM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: central_va
The problem as speed approaches the speed of light is that if you hit something the size of a grain of rice it is the equivalent of a small nuclear bomb.

Thank you. I was wondering if anyone would point this out. Space is not a total vacuum. Now, imagine something the size of a softball.

57 posted on 10/03/2012 8:21:34 PM PDT by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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